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JanusChrist:
So I downloaded Mozilla Thunderbird today deciding to do so having an overall positive experiance with Firefox. Turns out not only will Thunderbird not work with Hotmail but neither will ANY email client including Outlook and OE!! To be "allowed" to use an email client with my hatemail account, I would have to pay 20 dollars a year to "upgrade" it.

Thanks Microsoft. You've built the bridge to the 21st century. Too bad for the rest of us it's a toll bridge.

Orethrius:
Okay, if I'm not mistaken, you're attempting to make a POP3 client work with an IMAP account.  Charging for that transition is NOT a new thing, nor is it exclusively Microsoft's decision.  However, the asking price they've set is ludicrous.

bedouin:
Hotmail doesn't even use IMAP, it uses some kind of proprietary protocol specific to Hotmail.  As far as I know they haven't cut off access to it through Entourage, Outlook, and Outlook Express yet though.  Are they still going through with that?

JanusChrist:
It says right on microsofts website that you can't use Outlook and OE with Hotmail until you pay the ransom...er..upgrade fee.

Refalm:

quote:Originally posted by JanusChrist:
It says right on microsofts website that you can't use Outlook and OE with Hotmail until you pay the ransom...er..upgrade fee.
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You can at the moment, but in a month, you have to pay up to import your e-mail into the two most crappiest e-mail programs, namely Outlook and Outlook Express.

Contact me, I'll get you a Gmail account, you'll love it  ;)

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